Schnarrwergk, as part of his natural history collection, does not only symbolically import Darwinian discourse, but imagines its literal significance in terms of space and relationship: by observing how the various human characters relate to the monkey in their midst, the text explores various degrees of involvement and closeness between the two species, jestingly turning the problem of "man's place in nature" into the question of "ape's place in culture.

She had not prayed aright since that first June night when she met young Herbert down in the beech grove, and heard him speak jestingly of her lover, saying "she was far too pretty and refined for such an odd old cove.

It had Faldo comparing him with tennis legend Bjorn Borg for his self-control and composure, the two all-time greats exchanging smiles and a warm handshake at the end, Faldo even jestingly asking Tiger for his driver for caddie-son Matthew "as you never use it

The younger Amis knew from first-person testimony, from all of those Russian and East European types who had passed through what everyone jestingly referred to as "Fascist House," what conditions had prevailed under the regimes of Lenin and Stalin.

I jestingly said to Clem one day that, with his attention to ashtrays, his passion for differentiating between different styles of vodka, his (sometimes) courteous manner and his interest in remembering strangers' names, he might become a good barman, since it was obvious that no one wished to read his art criticism.

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